Local Government: Consent Regimes

Eric Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will list the consent regimes for local authorities that are overseen by the government offices for the regions.

Parmjit Dhanda: The consent regimes for local authorities that are currently overseen by the government offices for the Regions are:
	Listed Building Consents (Local Planning Authority's (LPA) own applications)
	Conservation Area Consents
	Less-than-best Price Disposals
	Allotments Disposals
	LPA Tree Preservation Order Consents
	Whilst not strictly LPA consent cases, the Government Office network also discharges the respective Secretaries of State's statutory functions in respect of the following matters:
	Private Listed Building Notifications
	Redundant Churches
	Redemption of Rent Charges
	Crown Developments
	EIAs
	Tree Preservation Orders (the Planning Inspectorate will deal with these from 1 April 2008)
	Definitive map appeals and directions:
	Traffic Regulation Orders
	Article 4 Directions
	Notification of LPA opposed proposals by English Partnerships
	Completion Notices
	Modification Orders
	Revocation Orders
	Discontinuance Orders
	1938 Green Belt Act
	Road Signage
	Cycle Track Orders
	Road Reclassifications.